TransX Stardust Mission Slingshot Planning

[jgrillo2002]

Hi. I need some help doing the gravity assists for this mission. I did make a plan but the problem is that I can never get a better slingshot planned out. this is my stages

Earth-Escape > Earth-Escape > Annefrank-Escape > Wild2-Escape > Earth-Escape > Earth-Escape > Tempel1-Encounter

Im not sure if this works or not but what are your suggestions on doing this. or can I use IMFD to do my slingshots?

 

[BrianJ]

Hi,
I must confess I've never taken the Stardust mission past the capsule return, so good luck with getting all the way to Tempel1 !

Haven't done this mission for a while, but I seem to remember that you need to include the 170m/s retrograde burn, at first aphelion, in your plan. I also seem to remember that there was a "trick" to get TransX to include a Maneuvre in the plans - but can't remember what it was right now (big help, huh).

I quite often use IMFD to fine tune the slingshot when close to slingshot date - but IMFD won't do multiple slings so TransX is the only option for that.

Cheers,
Brian

 

[jgrillo2002]

Thanks for trying to help. I have to say that the IMFD is not a good MFD for slingshot calculations. Transx is just WAY too complicated and that it takes a very long time to do a plan.

To make a maneuver you need to press VW. then select ON on maneuver mode